Description
Size (HxW): 20’ x 12’
Growth Habit: Multi-stemmed, Spreading
Fruit Size: 1-1.2cm
Planting Location: Exposed
Zone 2b
- Astringent, black fruit is good for jam, syrup & wine
- Fast growing & suckering
- Fruit ripens in mid-late August
- Self fertile, will produce more fruit with a pollinator
- Produces fruit approximately 2-3 years after planting
- Large clusters of small white flowers in late May – early June
- Native to the Prairies
- Fast Growth Rate: 12-18”/year
- Naturally grows as a multi-stem, but can be trimmed back to treeform
- If unmaintained can form a dense thicket
- Susceptible to black knot
